Have You Seen the Beast?
Synopsis: A cold case rumour-mentary about sightings of an alien big cat in the rural Welsh countryside told through eyewitness telephone accounts.
Directors’ statement - Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan
Will Hewitt is a BAFTA & RTS winning documentary Director and Editor, he's a recipient of the Grierson/Netflix DocLab scheme & a Broadcast Magazine Hotshot of 2023. He's currently residing in Edinburgh, UK developing and editing docs.
Austen McCowan is also a BAFTA & RTS winning documentary Director & Producer, he's a recipient of the EsoDoc scheme & currently residing in New Zealand, expanding Melt the Fly's factual project slate.
Both their credits include; Long Live My Happy Head, Harmonic Spectrum, Sink or Skim and now Have You Seen the Beast? Previous festival screenings include; BFI Flare, Frameline, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, DocEdge.